I cant post pictures itd take too long being that i test drive a truck or 2 daily...(diesel tech)
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Class 7 & 8 big rigs
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Generals are rare around here too...I`ve only seen a few driving around in the last few years. I wish we would have bought a Kenworth.
I need some parts for the General but I`m going to have a tough time finding them.
As for the front tires..the truck has the worst turning radius of any truck out there...it sucks to drive in town!
In mine headed to Flagstaff Az.
I miss the General we had , it had a 8V92 Silver and a 13spd O/D with 4.63 gears . I started out driving it pit to pit in the summer stock pileing when I was 12 with an old crusty end dump. as I got older I would shuttle pulp wood from the landing to the main road when it got really muddy . Just chained up and let her buck!! Laid it on its side once and T-boned a Bronco II ( thats another story) .
What Finally killed it was my bone head cousin . we were hauling blast rock in side dumps and he got to close to the egde and was going to fast........ended up rolling the trailer and bent the **** out of the frame.
I'll never forget the sound of that old Detroit wound up under load with 6" straights.
What Finally killed it was my bone head cousin . we were hauling blast rock in side dumps and he got to close to the egde and was going to fast........ended up rolling the trailer and bent the **** out of the frame.
I'll never forget the sound of that old Detroit wound up under load with 6" straights.
The most unique sound! A screaming Jimmy is always badass under a load!
I ran a Timberjack skidder with a jimmy in it for a summer in B.C.
I still remember the sound of it a WOT.
My brother used to run a yarder with a v12 Detroit is had 2 superchargers on it. I never heard it run though.
I still remember the sound of it a WOT.
My brother used to run a yarder with a v12 Detroit is had 2 superchargers on it. I never heard it run though.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
12v71 I'm sure. You could get those in trucks decades ago. Might have been a 12v92. but not likely.
this is a 12v71 standby genset I used to work on. turbo and aftercooler is different on this than would be in a truck though. It was a 500kw genny iirc.
this is a 12v71 standby genset I used to work on. turbo and aftercooler is different on this than would be in a truck though. It was a 500kw genny iirc.
Guy I use to haul cows with in NM had a w900 with a 12V71 sounded bad ass but it was heavy and didn't have the power that you would think it should have. and it was turboed as well.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Ya they were never good highway truck engines. None of them.
they worked good in rock quarry trucks though. The quarry I worked at we had a couple old KWs with screamin jimmys in em
I've got a bunch of Freightliners, but who cares.
I've got just one Pete......
I've got just one Pete......
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
I don't mean they didn't "work" just 2 strokes just don't make torque like a 4stroke. they kind of suck at pulling grades.
that Pete looks custom built to me! It's cool, but it looks like it still has a flip hood. How the h*ll do you reach it to flip it open???? Not that one could open a butterfly hood that high up!!!
VERY custom. Build thread is in my sig. I can reach the hood handle to pull it over, barely though. Being 6' 5" helps.
